Re: weight loss a poblem ?

Ken,

Although not yet diabetic, I am IGT, I've gone thru a large weight loss over
the last year, 25lbs, by doing just as you described - no sugar and severely
reduced carb intake. I'm now down to a weight I was when I was racing in
rowing boats about 15 years ago. Feels good.

Tho I do worry about losing too much weight. How much is too much? I still
row and cross-country ski so hope to find a happy medium. Eating to maintain
weight is becoming an issue - I don't want to drop muscle once the fat has
gone!!

Tony

"chayco" <islandteak@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:t0mtf.102940$2k.61669@xxxxxxxxxxx
>I admittedly don't know too much about weight loss, however, I can't
> understand how anyone who is living within proper BG range can maintain
> fat.
> I dropped 25 pounds without any effort when I cut out pure sugar and
> excess
> carbs. At the tme I also cut out 'anything from a cow'. The weight simply
> melted away until I started eating 'some of the cow' to maintain a level
> weight.
>
> I asked my doc how much I should weigh, he asked me how much I weighed at
> 18
> years of age... the difference is fat.
>
> A chap I know asked me if I had noticed that there weren't any fat men in
> the 'old folks home'.
>
> If these healthy diets allow us to get old enough to qualify for the old
> folks home this diabetes business may be actually giving many of us a
> longer lease on life.
>
> Kind of a glass half full attitude today.
>
> ...Ken
>
>


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